Climatic trends and impact of climate change on agriculture in an arid Andean valley

Climatic Change

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 819-833

  Fiebig Wittmaack, Melitta ^a,b   Astudillo, Orlando ^b   Wheaton, Elaine ^c   Wittrock, Virginia ^c   Perez, César ^d   Ibacache, Antonio ^b,e  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; ATACAMA DESERT; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC TRENDS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NORTHERN CHILE; RESEARCH STATIONS; RIVER BASINS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; WATER SCARCITY; WEATHER GENERATOR;

AGRICULTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRONOMY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LATITUDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RUNOFF;

CHILE; COQUIMBO; ELQUI RIVER; NORTE CHICO [CHILE];

EID: 84857912034     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0200-z     Document Type: Article

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